3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade

3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade

The current work presents the numerical prediction method to determine small-scale propeller performance. The study is implemented using the commercially available computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver, FLUENT. Numerical results are compared with the available experimental data for an advance...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Kutty, Hairuniza, Rajendran, Parvathy
Format: Article
Published: MDPI 2017
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TL1-4050 Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/aerospace4010010
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/aerospace4010010
http://eprints.usm.my/36662/1/(3D_CFD_Simulation_and_Experimental)_aerospace%2D04%2D00010.pdf
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spelling usm-366622017-09-20T01:41:57Z 3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade Ahmed Kutty, Hairuniza Rajendran, Parvathy TL1-4050 Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics The current work presents the numerical prediction method to determine small-scale propeller performance. The study is implemented using the commercially available computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver, FLUENT. Numerical results are compared with the available experimental data for an advanced precision composites (APC) Slow Flyer propeller blade to determine the discrepancy of the thrust coefficient, power coefficient, and efficiencies. The study utilized unstructured tetrahedron meshing throughout the analysis, with a standard k-! turbulence model. The Multiple Reference Frame model was also used to consider the rotation of the propeller toward its local reference frame at 3008 revolutions per minute (RPM). Results show reliable thrust coefficient, power coefficient, and efficiency data for the case of low advance ratio and an advance ratio less than the negative thrust conditions. MDPI 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.usm.my/36662/1/(3D_CFD_Simulation_and_Experimental)_aerospace%2D04%2D00010.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/aerospace4010010 Ahmed Kutty, Hairuniza and Rajendran, Parvathy (2017) 3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade. Aerospace, 4 (10). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2226-4310 http://eprints.usm.my/36662/
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
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topic TL1-4050 Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
spellingShingle TL1-4050 Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Ahmed Kutty, Hairuniza
Rajendran, Parvathy
3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade
description The current work presents the numerical prediction method to determine small-scale propeller performance. The study is implemented using the commercially available computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver, FLUENT. Numerical results are compared with the available experimental data for an advanced precision composites (APC) Slow Flyer propeller blade to determine the discrepancy of the thrust coefficient, power coefficient, and efficiencies. The study utilized unstructured tetrahedron meshing throughout the analysis, with a standard k-! turbulence model. The Multiple Reference Frame model was also used to consider the rotation of the propeller toward its local reference frame at 3008 revolutions per minute (RPM). Results show reliable thrust coefficient, power coefficient, and efficiency data for the case of low advance ratio and an advance ratio less than the negative thrust conditions.
format Article
author Ahmed Kutty, Hairuniza
Rajendran, Parvathy
author_facet Ahmed Kutty, Hairuniza
Rajendran, Parvathy
author_sort Ahmed Kutty, Hairuniza
title 3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade
title_short 3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade
title_full 3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade
title_fullStr 3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade
title_full_unstemmed 3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade
title_sort 3d cfd simulation and experimental validation of small apc slow flyer propeller blade
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2017
url http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/aerospace4010010
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/aerospace4010010
http://eprints.usm.my/36662/1/(3D_CFD_Simulation_and_Experimental)_aerospace%2D04%2D00010.pdf
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